EurasianPlate

Makran

ZagrosLeva

nt F

ault

OFZ

ArabianPlate

IndianPlate

NubianPlate

SomalianPlate

Neo-Tethyan suture

AOC

Mas

Soc

Gulf of A

den

Mus

Med.

Sea

Caspian

Sea

Ara

bia

n G

ulf

Red S

ea

0 500

km

N 40º

60º50º40º

30º

20º

10º

Gulf of Oman

Al Batinah Coast Plain

Suneinah Foreland

Basin

Maradi

Semail Ophiolite

Hawasina

Saih Hatat

Al B

atai

nPl

ain

JabalJa'alan

Muscat

km

500

N

Salakh Arch

Post-nappeUpper Cretaceous

and Cenozoicunits

Mio-Pliocene andQuaternary deposits

Proterozoicbasement

57º 59º

23º

57º 58º

23º

24º

Qalhat

Ja'alan

Jabal Bani Jabir

OM

A

N M

OU

N T A I N S

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Rusayl

FanjahAl Khawd

Nizwa

Al Kamil

IbraQalhat

Sohar

Northern

Central

Eastern

Sur

Tiwi

Quryat

Dank

Al Hajjar

Ibri

Abat

Bandar Jissah

Sumeini andHawasinanappes

Pre-nappeautochtonous units

Major andminor faults

Thrust fault

Al Jabal al Akhdar